tour of my shop

well i know there is nothing better than getting an inside look at sombody’s elses shop. well its that way for me atleast. i took a few pictures of my home shop last night to post up for people to see. as you can see its not verry big. only a one car garage believe or not. i have plenty of space for everything and im only a drum sander short of a fully equipt shop. i have people tell me that they have 3-4 car garage home workshops, and they say that its just not enough room. i usually tell them to get rid of all the crap lying around that they have never used and never will use. when your done with something put it back where it belongs and utilize your wall space. ya know us woodworkers can be pack rats and we never want to throw anything away. haha. im hear to motivate those of you who cant find that plane, bit, saw, or chisel when you need it. organize!!!!!!!!! “everything has a home” is my mattow

Nice shop, Mike. If you put this on your home page under workshop you can post 6 photos plus a bunch more in the description. I don’t know how to do that but David does. Very neat arrangement. I think my main wood shop is a one car garage come to think of it. it’s 16 by 24 plus a lot more around it.

Nice shop, I once had a one car garage shop and it worked out just fine. Then I moved into a larger industrial shop that was 25 miles from my home. Maybe that led to a divorce? Now I have a good shop in a detatched 2 car garage and I’m kinda cluttering it up, but it’s home.

Mike, you run a tight shop. You are right about keeping the crap under control and out of the shop. Some give me a hard time for being obsessive about my shop and work, but it makes me good at what I do. You are good at what you do, I took a look at your projects.

Shame on you Mike. My shop is 10’x22’ and you have completely shamed me. Now I am going to have to get it organized and functional. I’m getting better though, I went into the shop today and did a little work – never tripped over anything :-)). Seriously though, Thank You for giving me some motivation and showing me that I can make it work with a little more organization and junk removal.

I like craftsman tools. My saw has been great. Most of my tools are new, thanks to my wife. I try to buy the older tools, but she buy me new ones. I collect old hand tools. I’m looking for a 60’s model rockwell shaper, and maybe another saw Delta . Never can have enough.